Cement News tagged under: new plant project

Vietnamese cement producer Xuan Thanh Cement awarded Germany-based grinding specialist Loesche the contract to supply the advanced grinding system for its Line 2 expansion project. The company opted for a vertical roller mill, which it expected to deliver a higher output at a lower power consumption than the roller press/ball mill combination of Line 1. By Konrad Scharping, Loesche GmbH, Germany.
Xuan Thanh Cement’s Line 2 benefits from a range of state-of-the-art technology, supplied...

UltraTech Cement has received approval for its limestone mining project in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. The company plans to invest INR600m (US$9.4m) to mine a 632ha area, with a production capacity of 2.07Mta. The total reserves of the mine are estimated at 63.58Mt and has a life expectancy of 32 years, according to India Info Online. The Environment Ministry has provided conditions to its consent, such as the rehabilitation of 147 families. UltraTech will use the non-conventional opencast mechan...

Eagle Cement Corp has broken ground on the fourth production line at its Cebu plant. The Cebu Line 4 is set for completion in 2020 and will include a 2Mta integrated cement plant, port facilities and cement terminals to serve the islands of Visayas and Mindanao. Currently, the company has two lines producing about 5.1Mta of cement and serves the greater Luzon markets. Eagle is also aiming to complete its third production line (2Mta) in Bulacan by 2018, which will raise capacity to 7.1Mta....

Construction of the Honshu Shivam Cement Factory, a Nepal-China joint venture, is likely to be delayed as the government has been slow to build a road leading to the limestone quarry, the Kathmandu Post reports. The Honshu Holding Group of China has invested NPR36bn (US$351m) or 70 per cent of the project cost into the venture, while its partners has invested the remainder. “A study has shown that NPR3bn will be required to construct the 40km road. However, the government has allocated...

CIMAF Ghana’s new grinding plant in Tema, Ghana, marks the latest step in the company’s rapid expansion as a pan-African cement producer. ICR reports on this modern facility located in one of Africa’s brightest markets. By ICR Research, UK, and CIMAF Ghana Ltd, Ghana.
The new Tema plant is the latest step in CIMAF’s expansion in Africa
On 1 December 2016, Ghanian President John Mahama inaugurated CIMAF Ghana Ltd’s new grinding plant in Tema. This E60m investment marks the latest...

Arif Habib Group has said that it is going to invest PKR25bn (US$238.5m) in a new cement plant to be completed in the next two years, to be operated by its subsidiary Power Cement. The new plant will take the installed capacity of Power Cement to 3.37Mta from its current capacity of just 0.9Mta.
Owing to energy shortages, Pakistan’s GDP is not growing at the pace it should. However, Power Cement Chairman, Nasim Beg, stated that he believed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will ...